WHANG


Meaning of WHANG in English

I. ˈhwaŋ, ˈhwaiŋ also ˈwa- noun

( -s )

Etymology: alteration of Middle English thwang thong — more at thong

1. dialect

a. : thong

b. or whang leather : rawhide

2. : an act or instance of whanging:

a. : blow , whack

b. Britain : a large piece or slice : chunk

3. : penis — often considered vulgar

II. verb

( -ed/-ing/-s )

transitive verb

1.

a. dialect : flog , beat , thrash

b. : to propel or strike with force

whang the ball up against the left-field fence — Springfield (Massachusetts) Republican

stopped so suddenly his head whanged the dashboard

2. chiefly Scotland : to chop off or up

intransitive verb

1. : to strike or beat with force or violence

riveters were still whanging away at the bulkheads — James Dugan

2. : to attack vigorously

whanged away in the Gazette — … clamoring for a primary system — W.A.White

whang away at arithmetic and spelling until … I could quit school — C.T.Jackson

III. noun

( -s )

Etymology: imitative

: a loud sharp vibrant or resonant sound

the whang of hammers

IV. verb

( -ed/-ing/-s )

intransitive verb

: to make a whang

the cymbals whang — Vachel Lindsay

the racket smacked, the sheep gut whanged and the white ball came steaming across — R.P.Warren

transitive verb

: to strike with a whang : make a whang with

whang a guitar

Webster's New International English Dictionary.      Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster.